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Work Will Be Judged By Progress

Upon the shoulders of Greenvilles new mayor its needs in the next two years. They must evaluate and four City Councilmen now rests the responsi- carefully the citys needs and plan wisely to meet bility for local government operations during the these needs. How well they discharge their re-

next two years. sponsibilities as elected officials of Greenville will

As members of the city's governing board, these be measured by the progress the city makes di -' ^

five men sit as the board of directors for the city's their term in office,

million-dollar-plus annual operation. It is their re- | , ^ ^

sponsibility to set policies and effect programs'^jj^ ^ *

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which will assure not only sound operations of the citys business, but operations that will meet the growing needs of this growing community and its citizens.

They must supply the leadership which will set the tenor for all of the citys operations. During the two-year terms for which they were elected last

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Drifting

When the legislature convened last February, almost ever^^one connected with the General w eek, they must expect to face many difficult de- Assembly confidently predicted adjournment by the cisions. The decisions they render are not likely to ^^rst of June.

please all the citizens of Greenville. It is evident As the session has progressed, these predictions from their election, however, that citizens of Green- have subsequently been modified and now it ap- -ville have confidence in the ability of their new pears that a mid-June or late June adjournment is officials to provide the city with sound leadership the best that can be hoped for. and render fair, reasonable devisions on controver- The reason for this change in the anticipated sial i&sues which may arise. , adjournment date, of course, is that things have not

One of the initial decisions of the new govern- fallen into place as expected in this legislative, year, ing board at its first meeting yesterday was to call t the outset of the session it was thought that a joint meeting of all of the boards and commissions states budget cushion in excess of $100 million

connected with the citys operations. This is a positive step which wdll stand the city in good stead. It wdll provide the new Council with first-hand information on problems which confront these groups In carrying out their responsibilities. It should also provide the groundwork for closer coordination of the work of these groups.

Mayor West and Councilmen Brimley, Camn-bell, Howard and Trevathan will determine in a large degree whether Greenville keeps pace with

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would enable the General Assembly to fix the next biennial budget in less time than it normally takes. But now at mid-May it is evident that several weeks more of work will be required before the budget is finally approved.

In spite of anticipated difficulties in ironing out details of the Senate redistricting matter, it was expected that a redistricting measure w'ould bo passed by the legislature before the tail-end of the session. This too, has so far failed to materialize. Redistricting remains a -problem for action in the remaining weeks of the current General Assembly, Generally, what has happened to these two major legislative items has also happened with

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By WnXIAM A. SHIRES FORWARD Thomas J. Pearsoli. a man who had much to do with shaping North Carolinas newly . enacted higher education program, calls it a key to problems to be faced by this and future generations.

It mast and will be implemented and carried forward, Pearsall says. It is going to have such tremendous support and demand that future legislatures cannot fail to Implement It fully.

Already, says Pearsall, a member of the executive committee of the Consolidated University trustees, we feel confident that all who have the respwisibility will Implement this program.

The Rocky Mount farmer-busi-nessman-attomey, former Speak-nessman-attorney. former Speaker of the House and veteran public figure calls the Higher Education bill "the most outstanding and most important legislation of this session. PROBLEM Pearsall W'ho headed a committee which wrote North Carolinas pupil assignment - local option - tuition grants safety valve plan in the school segregation crisis seven years ago, headed a special trustees committee which helped shape the new higher education plan last year.

Pearsall believes the broad, overall education plans contains solutions not only to the prospect of increase dcoUege and university enrollments, but also to the problems (rf re-training adults, displaced farm workers, and to providing North Carolina with an ample industrial labor supply.

Adjusting to the transition from a rui*al - agricultural economy to an Increasing industrial - urban way of life is, Pearsall believes, North Carolinas greatest challenge.

Already, he says, mechanization of farms is creating a pressure. A man with a four-row planter now can do as much work planting peanuts In an hour as a man with a mule in tw'o weeks, he says. Tobacco is whats keeping them on the farms right now.

The day is coming, he says, that tobacco farming wUl be mechanized and a great new flood of displaced rural people

will be seeking Jobs and employment opportunities, vocational education, retraining and earning of skills.

These people who are leaving the farms must by re-edu-

other important bills that have been put before the p PATPTr'T A TMT^r^PlT

General Assembly this year. There has been much ^ -t AlrviOiii. IMUUKJl

DroD-Out Situation

committee discussion, some floor debate, but there r-|| has been an obvious lack of urgency in the legislatures attitude toward its business. Items which should have been vigorously pushed toward positive decisions have been allowed to drift through the session.

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North Carolina has a real problem with drop outs, sev-

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cated and trained for employ- that are yet to be resolved in the General Assembly, ways tell the whole story they

ifoS-rf Even at this late hour, the legislative leadership are an indication of the sltua-

afford to write these people off ^ u.

be made to clear up pending bills quickly. Other- rmlf

wise the session may continue to drift and finally every i.ooo enrolled in the 1954-

adjourn without having acted on many important 55 fifth grades graduated from matters that should not be carried over for two school in 1962.

as a lost generation. Training provided in the states 20 Industrial education centers, for example, wUl be able to produce a plentiful supply of labora prime attraction for new Industry and new emplopment opportunity.

TRIPLE The community coDege program is designed to provide commuter - type college opportunities, vocational training and citinuing adult education. Pearsall says.

In California, w'e found a striking example of this, he says, At Riverside, the community college had 2,800 day students and at night there were 3,400 adults enrolled. More adults were being educated than day students.

Further, he says, the broad higher education program coupled with guidance and placement work provides more motivation for furthering an Individuals education.

On the University level^Pear-sall feels that the new program has resulted in truer consolidation than ever before. He says it i>rovide8 for a greater interchange and exchange of students and faculty within the one-university, giving added prestige and greater strength and attractiveness for an outstanding faculty. He predicts that eventually the University will expand to other campuses.

The Pearsall committee of the trustees submitted the original name - change compromise rec-ommcndatiwi Included in the Higher Education bill, prior to amendment and prior to a conference CMnmittee agreement.

The new name for North Carolina State (of the University of North Carolina at Raleigh) is, he says, a very satisfactory 80lutl(M.

It removes the comma, and makes it more euphonious is that the word?

Now the Universitys branches are on an equal footing within the framework of true consolidation.

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By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON (AP) President Kennedys action in Birminghams racial trouble, whether or not it boils again, has given lawyers something to argue about.

He has sent 3,(XX) troops into Alabama military basesnear but not in Birmingham "for possible use In Birmingham if theres a repetition in that city of last Saturday nights violence against Negroes and the Negro riot which followed.

The question is: Does he have a right to use troops in such a situation when no federal law, court order or function is specifically involved? The governor of Alabama, George C. Wallace, says no.

He cites the Ccaistitution Ai*ticle 4, Section 4 which says the federal government shall protect a state against domestic violence if the legislature or governor asks such protection.

Under such constitutional authority the President could use troops. But Wallace says Kennedy hasnt been aked to intervene with troop or otherwise.

The Justice Department says that up to this point the President needed no special authority either constitutional or by specific statute for moving troops into Alabama. They havent intervened in anything.

But, it was explained, if new disorders break out the President could then decide whether to put the troops in Birmingham under authority of a specific law Article 10, Section 333 of the U. S. Code which goes back in history.

It says: The President can use troops or any other jneans to suppress domestic violence in a state if it Hinders the execution of the laws of that state, and of the United States within the state, that any part or class of its people is deprived of a right, privilege, immunity or protection named in the Constitutlcxi and the constituted authorities of ihat state are unable, fall, or refuse to protect that right, privilege, or immunity, or to give that protecticm.

Under the 14th Amendment to

the Constitution all citizens are guaranteed the right of equal protection of the laws.

But, despite the explanation at the Justice Department that the President could decide whether to send troops into Birmingham if new rioting began, one thing seems obvious.

Kennedy must have already decided to send in the trcx^ if rioting occurs again because he would lose face if he didnt after making the gesture of putting the troops into Alabama.

It can be argued the President hasnt necessarily made such a decislOT, that he could wait until after rioting started to determine whether It was so out of hand that local police couldn't or wouldnt cope with it.

Yet, if he held back the tnx^ to see how bad the rioting was a number of people could be killed before he made up his mind. That, too, would be an embarrassment to him.

Therefore, it seems plain troops would be usea immediately under Article 10, Section 333 if rioting was renewed.

For this reason the very presence of the troops near Birmingham athough not in it can be interpreted as a warning to Birmingham extremists not to start anythin gunless they want the tnxH>s in.

But in view of the constitutional provision that a President could use troops to restore domestic pea(^ in a state provided a legislature or governor asked for them how could he justify using Article 10. Section 333, without such a request?

In this case it would have to be on his own decision that Alabama law enforcement officers were unable, failed or refused to protect its citizens.

Article 10, Secti( 333, Is rooted in American hlst^, almost to the very beginning of the government. Presidents repeatedly have sent troops into a state to stop various disturbances even though a governor protested. But consistently the excuse was to protect some federal law or functi(Hi or uphold a federal court order.

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The exact enrollment for the 1954-55 fifth grades of Greenville and Pitt CcHinty schools was 1,630 students. In 1962 these classes reached the twelfth grade rather, some of them did. Research shows that 724 graduated while 906 dropped out.

The State Department of Public Instruction, in tabulating data from throughout the state, used the figure 1,000 to represent fifth grade enrollment and the appropriate percentage pro-portiwi of 1,000 is used to show the decline in enrollment in subsequent years through graduation of the basic group.

The fifth grade was selected as a beginning point because at that level there are fewer students repeating grades, and because the drop - out signs start to show about the fifth grade level.

The national graduation average, using a similar table, was 604 for 1960. In the same year.

North Carolina graduated 498 per 1,000 enrollment. 10.6 per cent below the national average.

Research shows that the state has made some gains in eliminating drop-outs since 1948. when the state was 17.9 per cent below the natiwial average.

A drop - out is classifled as one who drops out (rf school, no matter what the reason Transfer students, who leave one school and enter another, should not be classified as drop - outs but have been included in the school leavers category in the past. For this reason, some say the statistics are misleading.

At a meeting held here last week for a newly organized committee (i the drop - out situation in Greenville and Pitt County, Joe Cashwell of the State Department of Public Instruction said some of the major factors Involved in a cwi-sideration of drop-outs are the level of income of the family, level of support of educatiwi in the c(wnmunity, appropriateness of the curriculum, effectiveness of teaching and level of enforcement of the (iompul-sory attendance law

He pointed out that schools do not have programs for ail children. In recent years, many school programs have been geared to those going to col

lege.

Mecklenburg County, in contrast, graduates 662 students per 1,(XX) enrolled, which is well above the national average. That community has a high level (tf Income, tgb level of support of educaticMi and ranks higher on some other factors than does rural Pitt County.

In c(mslderlng the drop - out situation, some spokesmen say the public needs to be re-educated about the drop - out and the school program.

S(Hiie industrial leaders say the present - day age has lost the respect and pride for a good skill or trade, even though some of the trades pay high salaries.

There are many a)ects to be considered.

School ofnclaLs believe good guidance programs can help to alleviate the situation, as well as good teachers who may spot the potential drop - out patterns. beginning as early as the fifth and sixth grade levels.

If the drop - out disease begins as early as the fifth grades. it seems more guidance may be needed at an.wrly age, rather than concentrating on high school years when the student has made the final decision.

No drop - out occurs overnight. It is a long process, and It has a history, Cashwell said here last week.

Other Editors Saying... Assembly Seems Blinc,

(Goldsboro News-Argus)

More than one measure has been offered in this General Assembly whibh chips away at highway safety.

Under the Sanford administration a spe(al campaign for reducing the death and injury toll <m highways was mounted. Private funds were found to supplement through a Safety Council the several safety programs operated through various state agencies. The publicity campaign carried out unceasingly by the strengthened effort made use of all information media.

Conferences were held, seminars were held, rural and urban and professional organiza^ tlocs were brought into the picture and formed their own safety assists. The churches were asked to help.

But somehow the effort has not reached home. It has not brought understanding or comprehension. Words and resolutions and slogans have been so much mouthlngs. And the slaughter on our roads goes (hi.

Look how the all-out effort has fallen flat on its face.

The whammy, which by now should be re(X>gnized as of help in bringing more careful driving, comes under bitter attack

in heated speeches in the Assembly.

Use of planes in enforcing traffic laws is denounced with cold fury in debate on a measure to outlaw use of planes. The vote supporting the bill mirrors the fact that support for safety measures has weakened.

Most alarming is the support given a bill which would make it easier for a man who had lost his driving license because of traffic violations to recover It. This actually is a biU to make It easier for the drunken driver to have less penalty. Under certain situations the license might be restored in less than the year now prescribed. Proponents argue the bill would result in more convictions for drunken driving. Statistics used in the debate indicated thi^ convictions where evidencie warrants already is the general rule, despite the contention that this ^ is not the case.

There is no other conclusicxi than that the public welcomes less rather than more highway safety. Otherwise would there not be a great shout of resentment and bitterness at the manner in which the Assembly Is undermining safety regulations?

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With the season coming up for high school proms and college pantie raids it's well to remember that there are hundreds of American educational institutions which dont go in for glamor, frivolity or fluff of any kind. The students, male and female, teenagers and oldsters. Just dont have time for anything but work.Richmond News Leader.

CODGH TOO MUCH?* SHORT OF BREATH?*

Nvr ignore these two danger signals. They might be nature's woy of warning you of something wrong with your breathing.

You moy hove a Respiratory Diseaso. Your Christmas Seal association sayst Don't take chantos* Seo your doctor*

In ine Wings

t By JOHN CHAMBERLAIN

Copyright, 1963, King Features Syndicate, Inc.

When George Romney, now the Republican Governor of Michigan. was engaged in his battle to put over the compact car for his American Motors - Company, he was cordially disliked by the other automobile bikwiks in Detroit. The com-plint of high-ranking Ford and General Motors menleaders In the clubwas that Romney had knocked their product to build up his own. They thought his talk about gas guzzling dinosaurs was hitting below the belt.

This attitude was silly, for Romney, in saving his own au-t(nobl]e company, also did much to refurbish the whole image of Detroit, which was then under ccmcentrated attack fnun Influential Eastern inte-lectuals who were taking on dreadfuUy about the vulgarity of tail fins and the juvenility of the horsepower race. In persuading Detroit to experiment with smaller, less ostentatious cars that cost less both to buy and to operate, Rmnney proved that American Industry is willing to meet criticism in an adult manner.

No doubt some of the club still distrust Romney. But the wcHrd, in monied circles in the Elast, has gone out that he Is to be forgiven. When Nelson Rockefeller, who had been the front-running Republican Presidential choice of the Eastern Intemaonalists, compounded the poUtlcal indiscretion of his own divorce by marrying the divorced Mrs. Happy Murphy, the Romny boomlet for President at once to<A (m new impetus. For some queer reason the Eastern Republicans, heirs to the center (sometimes caUed me-too) tradlUon of Wendell WlWllkie, Tom Dewey and Ike Elsenhower, miss the point that Senat< Berry Gold-water*! popuartty In the outh might give them a winner in 1964. So. if Nelson Rockefeller is really on the skids, they feel they must turn to someone like Governor Scranton (rf Pennsylvania or Governor Romney of Michigan. To date. Rwiiney has shown the highest quotient of charisma, or political sex appeal.

Would Romney disappoint those who are meditating a turn in his directi(xi? Since he is a man who keeps his opinions to himself until he Is ready to hit. this questlwi must remain elusive for a while. But his past career has its own eloquence.

The first thing to be said about Romney is that he is a practical evangelist and a very moral man. He has proselytized fcx* his Mormon church, and he carries what he has learned from his missionary work Into everything he does. He will take advice; indeed, the campaign to sell the Rambler compacts by knocking the General Motors product as the dinosaur In the driveway was sold to him in the first place by others in his OHTipany, Beyond this, he is a student who is willing to take the calculated risk of being unorthodox.

When he took over in American Mot(s, It was an article of faith in Detroit that no automobile company could succeed if it did not sell a car for every purse. Everybody believed that the old eggs-ln-one-basket idea of Henry Ford, who at one time threw everything out of the Ford line save the Model T, was a sure guarantee of bankruptcy under modem conditions. But Romney decided that Fords emphasls-on-one-Une was worth another whirland so American Motors concentrated on compacts and saved itself from the fate of other automotive independents.

Romney seems to have conned the career of Henry Fords old partner, James CJouzcns, who became a Republican Senator without ever accepting an orthodox Republican label. R(Hn-ney doesnt talk about C^^ba or about the specifics of the Kennedy New Frontier domestio program. But he thinks that politics should be returned to the people, which means that he doesnt consider that all welfarism should C(Hne decked out in a federal dress from Washington. The states and cities should have their place. Rom-neys feeling about restoring the effectiveness of small units came to the surface when h suggested breaking up General Motors. This would not (My increase competition in the automobile business but also break UP the equal and opposUe (Continued on Page 5)

Strength For Today

A Dictionary Of Business Terms

By EARL L. DOUGLASS NOTULNG ELSE AVAILS ' We need constantly to remind ourselves that Christianity does not promise just to improve people but to make them over.

The third chapter of John W'hich describes the visit of Ni-codemus to Jesus by night and the conversation which went on between them is one of the most precious chapters in the entire Bible. Jesus insists that Nico-demus must be bom again. Ni-codemus was highly regarded as an upstanding citizen, but his piety was cold and mechanical. His religi(H) was little more than a bloodless obedlmce to lifeless rules. Like many erf his day, he appeared to care more about being respectable than about being holy. External pose was esteemed more highly than the internal conditiou of his soul.

Our Lords challenge was unqualified and to the point; Y must be bom again. be insisted. Nothing else would avail. If the mechanical was to become vital then there was nothing P(tesible but new birth. This Nl-oodemus would havejto stop being satisfied with external religion. He would have to withdraw from the mere letter and think of the spirit. He needed the miracle of renewal.

So this chapter is so widely read and pcmdered because It lays down a fundamental principle of ChrisUan faith. We must all be bom again. This rebirth takes place in many different ways. Usually it is not spectacular but occurs over a long period of time. Rebirth however. is necessary. Nothing else avails.

By ELMER ROESSNER Thousands of business terms are among the 20,000 new words and definitions included in the newly published Websters Seventh New Collegiate Dicti(xiary. It includes definlti(xis for such terms as frame of reference, plotting board, pie chart, piggy back, price index, punch card, printed circuit, magnetic tape and trust account.

But many of the definiticms, while accurate, would seem to have S(nething lacking from a businessmans point of view. SAMPLING Here are some (rf the deflni-U(xi8 to which businessmen may resp(Hid wlUi yes, but

Mg ticket: high priced, credit card; a card authorising purchases.

consumer credit; credit advanced to an individual especially to finance a purchase of consumer goods <or defray personal or iamlly expei

guestimate; (slang) to estimate without adequate information.

go for broke: to put forth all (Kies strength or resources.

jiUion; an indeterminately large number, sales register; cash register, under-the-counter: the hiding of Illicit wares under-the-txnin-ter in stores where they are sold.

MISS FRIDAYS RECOGNIZED.

girl Friday: a valued efficient female assistant.

service charge; a fee charged for a particular service often in addlticxi to a standard or basic fee.

econ<Hnic rent; the return for the use of a factor in excess of the minimum required to bring forth its services.

restricU(xilaii; a policy or a philo6(g>hy advocating restric-ti(Hi (as of trade), folding money: paper rncmey. letter missive: a letter from a superior authority convayiof a

command, recommendation, per-mlssicHi or invitation.

The dictionary does define pizza, salami and cervelat, oten missing from dictionaries of this size. However, it does not define spiff, push money w PMs, which have been In the business language for 50 years.

Whether this is a business as well as a collegiate dictimary is left to the readers.

SHORT ft SIGNIFICANT BUSINESS NEWS ITEMS

Building of mobile homes is gaining faster than construction M the more permanent kind, declared Newton Glekel, president of currencies Divco - Wayne. . . The American dollar is one of the five oldest in the world, according to economist Franz Pick. It has survived 28 years and two months since its last devaluatkx). . .Theres an auto bo(n in Australia, too.

The Onsus Bureau is about li ftHtarvkw 3,6(X) families on

their attitudes on Investments, Income, assets, debts, horn ownership, family composition and educational levels, as if that were any of John P. Kennedys business. . .A total of 37 states now Impose sales taxes, according to Commerce Qearing House. The states without salea taxes are Alaska, Delaware. Idaho, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Virginia. New York City has a sales tax going up to 4 per cent In a few days.

On a recent cold night, a Phll-adephian put a blanket ove rth hood of his Volkswagen. It started readily In the morning. . . . Health care and facilities spending will probably reach $34 Milln this year, Prentice - Hall estimates. Thats about 8 per cent of the total personal income, or $8 out of every $100 a worker cania.

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